linux-stable/arch/alpha
Linus Torvalds f0691533b7 virtio/vhost: new features, performance improvements, cleanups
This adds basic polling support for vhost.
 Reworks virtio to optionally use DMA API, fixing it on Xen.
 Balloon stats gained a new entry.
 Using the new napi_alloc_skb speeds up virtio net.
 virtio blk stats can now be read while another VCPU
 us busy inflating or deflating the balloon.
 Plus misc cleanups in various places.
 
 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost

Pull virtio/vhost updates from Michael Tsirkin:
 "New features, performance improvements, cleanups:

   - basic polling support for vhost
   - rework virtio to optionally use DMA API, fixing it on Xen
   - balloon stats gained a new entry
   - using the new napi_alloc_skb speeds up virtio net
   - virtio blk stats can now be read while another VCPU is busy
     inflating or deflating the balloon

  plus misc cleanups in various places"

* tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost:
  virtio_net: replace netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() with napi_alloc_skb()
  vhost_net: basic polling support
  vhost: introduce vhost_vq_avail_empty()
  vhost: introduce vhost_has_work()
  virtio_balloon: Allow to resize and update the balloon stats in parallel
  virtio_balloon: Use a workqueue instead of "vballoon" kthread
  virtio/s390: size of SET_IND payload
  virtio/s390: use dev_to_virtio
  vhost: rename vhost_init_used()
  vhost: rename cross-endian helpers
  virtio_blk: VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE->VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH
  vring: Use the DMA API on Xen
  virtio_pci: Use the DMA API if enabled
  virtio_mmio: Use the DMA API if enabled
  virtio: Add improved queue allocation API
  virtio_ring: Support DMA APIs
  vring: Introduce vring_use_dma_api()
  s390/dma: Allow per device dma ops
  alpha/dma: use common noop dma ops
  dma: Provide simple noop dma ops
2016-03-20 13:28:18 -07:00
..
boot alpha: Fix bootpfile and bootpzfile make targets 2015-05-26 10:01:50 -07:00
include Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
kernel virtio/vhost: new features, performance improvements, cleanups 2016-03-20 13:28:18 -07:00
lib ipv4: Update parameters for csum_tcpudp_magic to their original types 2016-03-13 23:55:13 -04:00
math-emu alpha: change to new Makefile flag variables 2011-01-17 05:42:13 +01:00
mm mm/fault, arch: Use pagefault_disable() to check for disabled pagefaults in the handler 2015-05-19 08:39:15 +02:00
oprofile alpha: delete non-required instances of <linux/init.h> 2015-05-26 10:01:48 -07:00
defconfig defconfig reduction 2010-08-14 22:26:53 +02:00
Kconfig dma-mapping: always provide the dma_map_ops based implementation 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile alpha: makefile: don't enforce small data model for kernel builds 2013-04-07 12:59:30 -07:00